U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
March 20-21, 2002
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #1474 JAPAN 1863 stampless FL from Yokohama to Paris, blue Anglo-French "GB1f62 4/10c" accountancy pmk in diamonds, Hong Kong transit and French arrival pmks, fine, early usage  | Unsold | |
| Lot #1475 JAPAN 1863 stampless cover to Ellington, Conn, endorsed "Japan Oct.29, 1863", with matching "Via San Francisco", single line "SHIP 6" hs, some wear and tear, otherwise fine, very early usage of Consular Post from Japan | Price Realized $550.00 | |
| Lot #1476 JAPAN 1864 stampless FL from Yokohama to France, red "Poss. Ang.v. Suez a Marseille 25 Nov.64" and blue "GB 1f22c" accountancy hs, blue Yokohama and oval "Carst Lels, Kanagawa, Japan" departure markings on back, fine | Price Realized $550.00 | |
| Lot #1477 JAPAN 1864 stampless FL from Yokohama to France, red "Poss. Ang.v. Suez a Marseille 14 Feb.64" and blue "GB 1f62c" accountancy hs, blue Hong Kong transit and Lyon arrival pmks | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #1478 JAPAN 1866 stampless FL from Yokohama to Amsterdam, endorsed "Per Messagerie Imperiale", "Carst, Lels & Co. Kanagawa, Japan" forwarding agent's and red Amsterdam arrival pmk, fine cover to a scarce destination | Unsold | |
| Lot #1479 JAPAN 1866 stampless FL from Yokohama to France, endorsed "Per Messageries Imperiale", "Yokohama B.au Francais" cds, rated "10" (deci), Paris transit and Reims arrival pmks, fine | Unsold | |
| Lot #1480 JAPAN 1867 FL from Yokohama to France, endorsed "via Marseille", franked with vert. pair of 80c Napoleon (one defective), French entry cachet in red, fine double rate cover paying 1.60fr with French adhesives | Unsold | |
| Lot #1481 JAPAN 1866 FL to Bordeaux franked with 80c Napoleon Empire Franc. tied by gros chiffres numeral cancel, with "Yokohama B.au Francais" 17 Nov. 66 cds, also "J.J. Fourcade & Cie, Yokohama (Japon)" merchant's cachet, fine | Price Realized $260.00 | |
| Lot #1482 JAPAN 1867 stampless FL from Yokohama to Amsterdam, red "Poss. Ang.v. Suez a Marseille 26 June 67" and black "GB 1f26c" accountancy hs, ornamental "Carst, Lels & Co. Yokohama, Japan" forwarding agent's and red Amsterdam arrival pmk,scarce destination | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #1483 JAPAN 1868 stampless cover from Yokohama to France, endorsed "voie anglaise", with "Yokohama B.au Francais" cds, red Packetboat 12 June 1868, transit and arrival pmks on back, fine cover from the French Post Office in Yokohama | Unsold | |
| Lot #1484 JAPAN 1868 incoming FL franked with 80c Napoleon, tied by "2145" large numeral, used from Lyon to Yokohama, endorsed "Par Vapeur Francaise", with "Yokohama B.au Francaise" arrival pmk, fine | Unsold | |
| Lot #1485 JAPAN 1868 incoming cover franked with 20c Napoleon, tied by large star, used from Paris to Yokohama, charged "8" (deci), with "Yokohama B.au Francaise" arrival pmk, fine usage to a French officer in Japan, rare due marking | Price Realized $300.00 | |
| Lot #1486 JAPAN 1870 FL franked with 30c and 4x25c, paying 1.30fr (declaration of value) rate from Yokohama to France, red "Paq. Ang. v. Brind. 4 Dec.70" cds, Yokohama 18 Oct. 1870 departure pmk, merchant's cachet, v.f. | Unsold | |
| Lot #1487 JAPAN 1870 cover to Italy, franked with 6x40c, paying 2.40fr double rate from Yokohama, blue Yokohama 21 Feb. 1870 departure pmk, French Packet Ligne S entry cds, cover and stamp faults, scarce cover | Unsold | |
| Lot #1488 JAPAN 1871-5 collection of 300+ used stamps on pages, catalogued by Stanley Gibbons, with 1871 Issue (^L18,600+), 1872 (^L6,960), 1872-74 Cherry Blossoms (^L13,478) and 1875 with and without syllabics (^L3,224), obvious forgeries identifiedand not counted, some additional questionable items included, hence collection offered as is. A great lot for a specialist | Unsold | |
| Lot #1489 JAPAN 1871 coverfront franked with 20c Ceres, also 40c and 9x80c Laureated, used from Paris to Nagasaki, minor flaws, fine and spectacular franking (7.80fr), apparently the only known example showing this incoming rate to Japan | Unsold | |
| Lot #1490 JAPAN 1874 part of cover to France, franked with two each of 5c, 15c and 80c, each canc. "5118" large numerals, "Yokohama B.au Francais 30 June 1874" departure pmk, also part of Degron-kun, type I, some creases, spectacular double rate item | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #1491 JAPAN 1875 incoming cover franked with 2x10c and 2x40c Ceres, tied by "4158" large numerals from Versailles to Yokohama, with "B.au Francais Yokohama" arrival pmk, some backflap defects, otherwise fine cover | Unsold | |
| Lot #1492 JAPAN 1877 cover (opened for display), franked with 5c, 15c and 80c, paying 1fr rate from Yokohama to Paris, with Japanese 2sen gray (uncancelled) added on back, boxed departure chops, rare type 5 Degron-kun hs (only five known), cover faults, fine appearing combination cover | Price Realized $2,100.00 | |
| Lot #1493 JAPAN 1877 decorative colored envelope sent to Nagasaki franked by "Japan 1876" rough perf 2x5s brown tied by black cork cancels with fine "I.J.Postal Agency-Shanghai" cds alongside, reverse with "Nagasaki-Japan" cds in black, scarceusage Catalog #59 | Price Realized $225.00 | |
| Lot #1494 JAPAN 1898 Koban 1s postal card (JSCA PC14) with Russian 5k (Sc. 49) tied by "St.Petersburg Oct 13" cds to Germany. This postal card was used as a picture card (without franking value in Russia), v.f. and interesting usage | Price Realized $120.00 | |
| Lot #1495 JAPAN 1898 cover bearing New Koban 15s, tied by "Musashi-Yokohama-Fukumachi Sep 24" cds (Maruichi type) to USA, "Musashi-Yokohama Sep 24" transit cds alongside, also various transit and arrival backstamps, color printing at corner of cover,rare early ornamented cover usage | Price Realized $130.00 | |
| Lot #1496 JAPAN 1936 Kwantung, set of three, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #227-29 Catalog Value 180 | Price Realized $100.00 | |
| Lot #1497 JAPAN 1937 Empress Jingo, 5Y and 10Y set of two, l.h. or n.h., v.f. *\** Catalog #253-54 Catalog Value 675 | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #1498 JAPAN 1940 Daisetsuzan souv. sheet with folder, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #306a Catalog Value 225 | Price Realized $260.00 | |
| Lot #1499 JAPAN 1949 Flying Geese, sheet of five, marginal wrinkles and toned spots, stamps n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #479 | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #1500 JAPAN 1952 50y souv. sheet, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #521c Catalog Value 240+ | Price Realized $200.00 | |
| Lot #1501 JAPAN 1952 50y souv. sheet, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #521c Catalog Value 240+ | Price Realized $200.00 | |
| Lot #1502 JAPAN Air Post. 1919 overprints, set of two, fine-v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks * Catalog #C1-2 Catalog Value 750 | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #1503 JAPAN Air Post. 1919 overprints, set of two, h.r., fresh and fine-v.f., with pencil signatures * Catalog #C1-2 | Price Realized $550.00 | |
| Lot #1504 JAPAN Air Post. 1919 Tokyo-Osaka airmail service, set of 2, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Tyler * Catalog #C1-2 | Unsold | |
| Lot #1505 JAPAN Air Post. 1919 overprints, set of two, 3sen n.h., fine-v.f., with APS cert. *\** Catalog #C1-2 Catalog Value 750 | Price Realized $625.00 | |
| Lot #1506 JAPAN Air Post. 1950 Pheasant, cplt set, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #C9-13 Catalog Value 140 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
| Lot #1507 JAPAN Air Post. 1950 Pheasant, 103y single, also nine copies of 144y, all n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C12,13 Catalog Value 542 | Price Realized $240.00 | |
| Lot #1508 JAPAN Air Post. 1951-52 55y-160y Plane and Mt. Tsurugi-dake, n.h., minor gum toning, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #C19-24 Catalog Value 448 | Price Realized $230.00 | |
| Lot #1509 JAPAN Air Post. 1951-52 55y-160y Plane and Mt. Tsurugi-dake, l.h., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C19-24 | Price Realized $190.00 | |
| Lot #1510 JAPAN Air Post. 1952-62 redrawn, 85y (7), 125y (3) and 160y (2), n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C34,36,38 Catalog Value 144 | Price Realized $85.00 | |
| Lot #1511 JAPAN Zeppelin Flights. 1929 Tokyo-Lakehurst Around-the-World flight cover, paying 3.10yen, v.f. | Price Realized $140.00 | |
| Lot #1512 JAPAN Postal Stationery. 1873-98, 17 different unused items (JSCA PC5, 6, 9-12, 15, FC4-7, SE8, 10, 11, 15, WR4), two with light uniform toning, generally clean and fine-v.f. Catalog Value Yen 163,000 | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #1513 JAPAN Japanese Prisoner of War Camps. 1915 group of three ppcs addressed to the POW Camp in Kobe, sent from Austria, showing various transit and censor markings, also routed via China, stamps removed by censors to check for hidden messages, one with a routing slip, interesting lot | Price Realized $210.00 |
